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Scientific Name Schilbe mandibularis  (Günther, 1867)
Common Name
Type Locality Bossumprah River, Ghana.
Synonym(s) Eutropius liberiensis, Eutropius mandibularis, Eutropius mentalis
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Size 500mm or 19.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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Distribution Africa: St. Paul in Liberia to the Prah river in Ghana. Including St. John, Farmington, Nipoué, Cavally, Néro, Sassandra, Boubo, Bandama, Agnébi, Comoé, and Tano Rivers.
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Boubo (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, St John (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Cess (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Sassandra (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Néro (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Nipoué (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Bandama (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Agnébi (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Côte de Ivoire Waters, Comoé (click on these areas to find other species found there)
African Waters, Tano (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
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Feeding Feeds mainly on terrestrial insects (Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera) washed into the water and on mayfly larvae. User data.
Breeding Unreported in the aquarium. In nature, oviparous; eggs are unguarded. For many species, reproduction takes place during the rainy season.
Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3) v. 20 (no. 116) (art. 15), pp 112 [3].
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Last Update 2020 Nov 06 05:15 (species record created: 2004 Dec 03 00:00)